SOC 47-4041 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025

How much do Hazardous Materials Removal Workers make in Amarillo, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in Amarillo, TX is $77,580. The 10th percentile is $38,990 and the 90th percentile is $120,950. Employment is 120.

Median annual wage

$77,580

10th percentile
$38,990
25th percentile
$46,450
Median
$77,580
75th percentile
$96,160
90th percentile
$120,950
Mean
$78,080

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Hazardous Materials Removal Workers, the published 10th percentile is $38,990 and the 90th percentile is $120,950. The difference is $81,960, which is 105.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $46,450 to the 75th at $96,160, covers $49,710.

The mean annual wage is $78,080, which sits above the median of $77,580. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Amarillo, TX median is 56.9% higher than the national median of $49,450 for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $84,491, which is 70.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 74.8% higher than the Texas median of $44,390.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Amarillo, TX is 91.820, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $77,580 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hazardous Materials Removal Workers at $84,491 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Amarillo, TX (120 of 123,930). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (51,710 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.91 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Amarillo, TX · Hazardous Materials Removal Workers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Hazardous Materials Removal Workers make in Amarillo, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in Amarillo, TX is $77,580. The 10th percentile is $38,990 and the 90th percentile is $120,950. Employment is 120.

How does that compare with the national median for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers?

The local median is 56.9% higher than the national median of $49,450.

What is Hazardous Materials Removal Workers pay in Amarillo, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Amarillo, TX is 91.820, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $77,580 is $84,491. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.